Rail-chair.



c. s. ANDERSEN.

RAIL-CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED 8.11.1916.

1,183,712. PatentdMaylG, 1916.

c. s. ANDERSEN.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. H- l9l6.

1,183,712; Patentd Ma'y16, 1916. I

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

CHRISTIAN S. AND ERS EN, OF DWIGHT, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-CHAIR. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

'Application filed February 11, 1916. Serial No. 77,784.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN S. ANDER- saw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dwight, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means forconnecting the meeting ends of railway rails, and an object of the invention is to simplify and improve the existing art by constructing a chair member arranged to receive the ends of rails and to provide an abutment between the said ends to prevent the longitudinal movement of the rails toward each other, said chair including a. removable element in the nature of an angle bar which is connected to the chair and secured against the rails without the employment of the ordinary nuts and bolts.

IVith the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of two rails connected in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a transverse section approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a. similar sectional view approximately on the line H of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, the rails being shown in elevation, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the chair member, Fig. 7 is a similar view of the removable side or angle plate for the chair member, and Fig. 8

is a perspective view of one of the rail ends.

In the drawings, the numerals 11 designate two rails which have their flanges and webs cut away a suitable distance from the ends.

The rail securing means is broadly indicated by the numeral 2 and includes a chair member proper indicated by the numeral 3 and a removable side or angle member 4 therefor. The chair 3 includes aflat'base 5 upon which the flanges of the rails rest, the said base beingformed upon one of its edges with a side 6 which is shaped to receive the flanges of the rails and to contact with one of the sides of the webs thereof to underlie the heads of the rails. The opposite longitudinal edge of the base 5 is formed with an upwardly extending outwardly curved flange 7, the same extending the length of the base.

Formed integral with the base and with the side 6 is a centrally arranged lug or partition 8, and it is against the opposite walls of this partition that the cut webs and flanges of the rails are adapted to abut, and this partition, it will be noted will prevent the rails creeping toward each other and the partition further assists in the easy and proper positioning of the rails upon the chair. If desired the vertical plate of the side member 6 may be formed with lugs which may be received in the usual bolt openings in the webs of the rails.

The side member 4: is shaped to snugly engage with the webs and with the upper faces of the base flanges of the rails and is centrally formed with an elongated slot 9 through which the end of the partition member is adapted to be extended, and the horizontal plate or flange of the member 4: is formed with an inturned lip 10 that is adapted to engage with the flange 7 of the base of the chair member 8. The portion of the partition 8 which projects through the slot 9 of the member 4 is provided with spaced transverse openings 11 through which are passed wedge-shaped securing elements 12, the same preferably comprising members which have their ends slit so that the same may be bent to prevent the wedges from becoming accidentally displaced or removed. One of the members 12 contacts with the vertical flange or plate of the side member 4; and the other contacts with the horizontal flange or plate of the said member and these elements 12 efl'ectively secure the side to the chair proper and force the said side into tight contact with the rails, and as a consequence force the rails into similar contacting engagement with the said base of the chair.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains with out further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with two rails hav ing their flanges and webs cut inwardly of their heads at their ends, of means for con necting the rails comprising a chair upon which the rails rest, said chair having an integral side which receives the flanges and webs of the rails, the side and base of the chair being centrally formed with a partition against which the cut ends of the rails contact, an angle plate having a central slot receiving the partition, and wedge members passing through openings in the partition and contacting with the angle member for holding the same in engagement with the rails and with the chair.

2. The herein described means for conneoting the ends of rails comprising a chair having a flat base upon which the flanges of the rails rest, an integral side to engage with the flanges and with the webs of the rails, the opposite edge of the base being formed with an upwardly extending outturned continuous flange, an integral partition arranged centrally of the chair between its side and base, an angle plate having a central slot to receive the partition and having its horizontal plate formed with an inturned tongue to receive the flange of the base, and split wedge members passing through transverse openings in the projecting portion of the partition and contacting with the angle member, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN S. ANDERSEN.

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